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2017 Nobel Prizes
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- For the Greatest Benefit to Mankind
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In his will, Alfred Nobel left much of his wealth to establish the Nobel Prizes, awards to those who had "conferred the greatest benefit to mankind". Nobelprize.org welcomes this year's 12 new Nobel Laureates: three in Physics, three in Chemistry, three in Physiology or Medicine, one in Literature, one in Peace - this year an organisation - and one new Laureate in Economic Sciences. All of them are introduced at Nobelprize.org with presentations, videos, photos and interviews.
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Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young. Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media 2017.
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2017 Medicine Prize
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Awarded jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm".
Why is the circadian clock important? Anna Wedell of the Medicine Committee discusses the importance of our daily biological clock and why the findings of the 2017 Nobel Laureates are so crucial.
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2017 Physics Prize
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Awarded with one half to Rainer Weiss, and the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".
"Huge discoveries are really the result of giant collaborations". Physics Laureate Kip S. Thorne reflects on how this year's Nobel Prize in Physics was a remarkable team effort.
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Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne. Ill: N. Elmehed.
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Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson. Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media 2017.
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2017 Chemistry Prize
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Awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson "for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution".
"Now there's an explosion in research." Immediately after the announcement, Professor Peter Brzezinski, Member of the Chemistry Committee, described a cryo-electron microscope and how it has helped us to see the invisible.
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2017 Literature Prize
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Awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".
"The greatest authors in history have received this Prize". Here, 2017 Literature Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro shares his reaction to the award: "I come in the line of lots of my greatest heroes".
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Kazuo Ishiguro. Ill: N. Elmehed.
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Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media 2017.
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2017 Peace Prize
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Awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons".
"Wow! This is amazing!". Executive Director of ICAN Beatrice Fihn was surprised and overwhelmed when she received the news from the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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2017 Prize in Economic Sciences
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Awarded to Richard H. Thaler "for his contributions to behavioural economics".
"He's made economics more human". Peter Gärdenfors, Member of the Prize Committee, explains Richard Thaler's ground-breaking work in the field of behavioural economics.
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Richard H. Thaler. Ill: N. Elmehed. © Nobel Media 2017 |
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Monthly Quiz
Grand Total of Nobel Laureates
How many persons and organizations have been awarded the Nobel Prize and the Prize in Economic Sciences since 1901? Make a guess and click to submit your answer!
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